the cut of your cinema

The winners for the 71st Cannes Film Festival have been officially announced. Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters has won the Palme d’Or out of twenty-one films in competition. Spike Lee won the Grand Prix, the runner-up prize for BlacKkKlansman, while Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum won the Jury Prize — the bronze medal.

Cate Blanchett served as President of the jury, with Kristen Stewart, Denis Villeneuve, Lea Seydoux, Ava DuVernay, Chang Chen, Robert Guédiguian, Khadja Nin, and Andrey Zvyagintsev.